zn wrote:

JackPMiller wrote:

The way you coach has a lot to do with the injuries. So they are on Fisher as well. I watched First Take and saw the guy nicknamed stink, but he has won a a couple of Super Bowls in Washington, and Denver with John Elway. So he should know. He admitted the way a coach trains his players in training camp, preseason, and practice, is tied to injuries. Whatever Fisher and his staff are doing, they should be changing, because these injuries should not be happening.

That’s bs Jack. Some guy talking at random on some show has no direct bearing on the Rams specific situation. It’s just drawing up one random comment from one place about one thing and trying to act like it applies specifically to the Rams somehow.

Plus of course qb and OL injuries go way back for the Rams and in fact cover 5 coaches (counting Haslett), 4 GMs, and 3 owners. So unless the logo caused all those injured OLs I don’t think you have much of a case. It was just statistically random.

It all comes back to the coaching, along with the strength and conditioning as well.

Spags in his first season took a team one game from the playoffs with a rookie QB. Brooks went 8-8. Fisher has never made it 8-8, or got close to a playoff spot. Fisher’s seasons were over near the middle of the year.

Eternal Ramnation wrote:

Nine starters went down this year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ1BCEEntbs

Again, can’t use injuries as an excuse.

zn wrote:

JackPMiller wrote:

Fisher has been here for 5 years, it has not worked.

And how many of those years did he have both a starting caliber qb and a relatively healthy OL?

Actually it’s games not years. And I can count them. If you count Foles 1st 4 games as a starting caliber qb (and not a meltdown qb destined to be benched and cut) then it’s exactly 19 out of 64 games.

I usually get the “all teams have injuries” mantra at this point, but actually, it’s not true that all teams cope with having to start back-up qbs AND having to repair damaged OLs at the same time.

I always ask, can you think of any teams that thrived under those conditions? No one has ever given an answer that stood up. So you either factor that in or you don’t. I always will.

And this year’s story is yet to be written.

See this is why I don’t have much in the way of Fisher Wars energy. I just basically end up repeating myself.
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It is called coaching. If you have good coaches, you can overcome that stuff. Coaches know how to figure these things out, and Fisher has not. Belechick does, Tomlin does, Kubiak does, so why can’t Fisher.

joemad wrote:

JackPMiller wrote:

Need to stop with the injury excuse. The Pats won without Tom Brady, even though it was it was not injury but suspension. Still with two backups, they went 3-1. Heck, Fisher blamed the fans for the failed faked punt

Rams went 3-1 with a backup too…. Case is not a starter, he’s a been a fill in his entire career, including this season.

Only 8 teams have a better record than the Rams do this season….at this point in time with Case Keenum as the helm…. I’ll take it.

I’m losing my patience with Fisher too… but I think the Rams can win in Detroit and beat the G-Men in the UK.

Rams need to start converting TDs in the redzone ……. too many drives went to waste against the Bills last Sunday…..

One problem I have, is I would like to see more play action. Teams are loading the box,and Lance Kendricks is a pretty good receiver from the TE spot. To me, use more of Kendricks, and things will open up for Gurley.

Need to stop with the injury excuse. The Pats won without Tom Brady, even though it was it was not injury but suspension. Still with two backups, they went 3-1. Heck, Fisher blamed the fans for the failed faked punt

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zn wrote:

JackPMiller wrote:

I’m going on the rumor of getting a 3rd and 4th round comp picks.

They traded the 3rd round comp pick as part of the deal with the Titans to get Goff.

I’m looking at the rumored 3rd round comp pick we get for Janoris. I know the deal, it is our regular 3rd round pick. No comp pick.

Zooey wrote:

Except he didn’t catch any of the other four passes, including one pretty critical drop.

I dunno. I’m glad, but still skeptical.

He only catches Touchdowns. Remember his name Brian “Touchdown” Quick. 😁😁😁👍✌👏

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zn wrote:

JackPMiller wrote:

I know he had two TDs yesterday, but still no 100 yard game. No big TD runs of 20+. Just like a Johnny Gill song, “I’m Still Waiting.”

He got going yesterday in the 2nd half. You could see it, it was there.

But since it was only a half it doesn’t register as a 100 yards.

But if you saw him in the 2nd half…it WAS there. He was up to full steam. He was getting the yards.

Still waiting for those long runs of 20+. We still have not got that yet.